2019 Mid-Year Report
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Opposite left: Who can resist the photobooth with all those zany costumes?! Current page, left to right: Guests enjoy a game of water bottle toss, Rich<br />
Wyman of Killer Keyz jamming out a song request, Club members enjoy running the games.<br />
mery notes, perfectly complemented the curated list of<br />
wine from Thurston Wolfe Winery, beers from Boundary<br />
Bay Brewery & Bistro, and ice cream from Lopez Island<br />
Creamery. Song requests were lively and set a fast<br />
tempo as many a song was stopped & started again by<br />
competing bids, and a wonderful time was had by all.<br />
Oh, and it’s on, now—gauntlets were thrown down<br />
by the Club cohorts of Mount Vernon, Anacortes,<br />
Sedro-Woolley and Concrete in the Lip Sync Battle,<br />
and as we look to bring the Burlington Boys & Girls<br />
Club on board for next year, it looks to be a budding<br />
tradition. An East County Showdown on Saturday<br />
night followed an Island vs Valley Face-off on Friday.<br />
These youth put tremendous effort into their choreographed<br />
routines, mixing humor and the joy of community<br />
into each performance.<br />
Many a “Mission Moment” occurred over Friday &<br />
Saturday night as we witnessed guests celebrating<br />
the success of our youth and providing even greater<br />
opportunities for their futures. Youth celebrated Pride<br />
Month, spoke eloquently about the meaningful<br />
impact the Club has on their lives, and demonstrated<br />
just how valuable Boys & Girls Clubs are to our communities.<br />
They shared how PowerHour helps them<br />
stay ahead in their schoolwork, how SMART programs<br />
help them feel more confident in themselves and their<br />
decision making, and how Keystone Club helps them<br />
become servant leaders in their community.<br />
Keys for Kids is serious fun: we are proud to invite<br />
the community to help us live out our organizational<br />
value of Fun, and to commit community resources<br />
to providing opportunities to youth that will fulfill our<br />
mission: to enable all young people, especially those<br />
who need us most, to reach their full potential as<br />
productive, caring, responsible citizens. We can do<br />
this because, thanks to our sponsors whose support<br />
covers all hard & soft costs, all proceeds raised at<br />
Keys for Kids can be invested directly into providing<br />
high-impact programs, high-yield learning activities,<br />
and high-quality Club experiences that will shape the<br />
lives and futures of thousands of youth across Skagit<br />
County. This can only happen because of the tremendous<br />
generosity and support the Skagit County community<br />
demonstrates.<br />
Thank you everyone—our sponsors, the Allstate<br />
Agents who helped to set up, our volunteer assistants<br />
both nights, our guests, our catering & beverage support,<br />
our venue, our performers, all those who gave<br />
so generously, not to mention our Club Members<br />
who were the stars of the show—for an unbelievable<br />
event and truly humbling investment in our Boys &<br />
Girls Clubs of Skagit County. Because of all of you,<br />
the Clubs were able to raise over $100,000 in revenue<br />
to support the programs & opportunities youth find<br />
inside our Clubs’ Blue Doors. Thank you for helping<br />
our youth compose their own Great Future!<br />
As we begin to grow roots at Stepping Stones Garden,<br />
we look for Great Futures not just for Keys for Kids in<br />
Skagit County, but also the thousands of youth who<br />
grow up here.<br />
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